I’m not sure how many people I know or readers here, are on “Threads“, but I find it a fascinating place although as ever with this sort of social media network (I guess you’d call it) there is a lot of dross, and quite a lot of stupidity and rudeness there – which is easy enough to block or report. Threads is “a micro-blogging platform designed for text-based updated and real-time conversations” I don’t post very much there – I keep meaning to share my blog there as well as on other networks, but keep forgetting. I have reminded myself now!
One of the people I do follow is a brilliant photographer, Matt Oliver, “a peak District landscape photographer” who shares the most wonderful and evocative pictures. As well as being on social media, Matt has a website, and I do recommend you visit – it will calm your soul and may well inspire you in some way as well! He also shares a journal, and as a writer as well as someone who loves images, of course I find that very interesting and again – inspiring! You can find it here:
https://mattoliverphotography.com/news
Yesterday, I read the commentary after admiring his photograph, and what he wrote really set me thinking, and after a while, and a couple of drafts I responded with this, which in a way follows on from my post yesterday:
As ever a very interesting and insightful commentary to your fabulous photos. I find the essence of your comments is applicable to writing. When inspiration strikes me, and it can be when I’m physically in a place/situation and ideas are triggered for writing, it can also be stored and later “developed” . The creative processes I use might change my original image/inspiration. Like you (sometimes only from memory, sometimes from notes and jottings) I can look back at those ideas, and there might be a gem/germ in the foggy imaginings, and I see a way to take it forward . I might wander along it and see where it goes and what happens, although those thoughts may have dulled and lost their shine – or whatever shine I’d imagined. I love the idea of “looking back… not to judge but to notice the change”. Oh yes, and to see how I’ve learned, progressed , changed and improved (I hope!) A stunning photos, absolutely beautiful, and I absolutely love it, thank you.
A link to my post from yesterday: https://loiselsden.com/2026/10/19/in-danger-of-the-wild/
